September 24, 2014 Issue of JAMA

September 24, 2014, Vol 312, No. 12, Pages 1173-1261

This Week in JAMA

Highlights

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JAMA. 2014;312(12):1173-1175. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.279739

Podcast: Decision support for genetic testing, US diabetes epidemiology, e-med packaging devices and adherence, and more.

Original Investigation

Effect of Enhanced Information, Values Clarification, and Removal of Financial Barriers on Use of Prenatal Genetic Testing: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Miriam Kuppermann, PhD, MPH; Sherri Pena, MS; Judith T. Bishop, CNM; et al.

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JAMA. 2014;312(12):1210-1217. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.11479

This randomized trial reports less prenatal testing and more informed choices among pregnant women with access to a computerized, interactive, decision-support guide and access to prenatal testing with no out-of-pocket expenses vs those receiving care per current guidelines.

Podcast: Effect of Enhanced Information, Values Clarification, and Removal of Financial Barriers on Use of Prenatal Genetic Testing

Editorial
Personalized Genomic Medicine and Prenatal Genetic Testing
Siobhan M. Dolan, MD, MPH

JAMA

Prevalence and Incidence Trends for Diagnosed Diabetes Among Adults Aged 20 to 79 Years, United States, 1980-2012

Linda S. Geiss, MA; Jing Wang, MPH; Yiling J. Cheng, MD, PhD; et al.

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JAMA. 2014;312(12):1218-1226. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.11494

Geiss and coauthors examine long-term trends in the prevalence and incidence of diagnosed diabetes among US adults aged 20 to 79 years to determine whether there have been periods of acceleration or deceleration in rates.

Accuracy of FDG-PET to Diagnose Lung Cancer in Areas With Infectious Lung Disease: A Meta-analysis

Stephen A. Deppen, PhD; Jeffrey D. Blume, PhD; Clark D. Kensinger, MD; et al.

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JAMA. 2014;312(12):1227-1236. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.11488

Deppen and coauthors report on the accuracy of positron emission tomography (PET) combined with 18-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) to diagnose lung cancer in areas with infectious lung disease.

Research Letter

Uterine Pathology in Women Undergoing Minimally Invasive Hysterectomy Using Morcellation

Jason D. Wright, MD; Ana I. Tergas, MD, MPH; William M. Burke, MD; et al.

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JAMA. 2014;312(12):1253-1255. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.9005

Viewpoint

Should CMS Cover Lung Cancer Screening for the Fully Informed Patient?

Robert J. Volk, PhD; Ernest Hawk, MD, MPH; Therese B. Bevers, MD

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JAMA. 2014;312(12):1193-1194. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.12709

This Viewpoint discusses whether the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should offer coverage for the fully informed patient who elects lung cancer screening.

Editorial
Implementing Lung Cancer Screening Under Medicare: The Last Chance to Get It Right?
Harold C. Sox, MD

JAMA

Fixing the Troubled Mental Health System

Lloyd I. Sederer, MD; Steven S. Sharfstein, MD

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JAMA. 2014;312(12):1195-1196. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.10369

Podcast: Fixing the Troubled Mental Health System

Prevention of Gastric Cancer

Rolando Herrero, MD, PhD; Julie Parsonnet, MD; Edwin Robert Greenberg, MD

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JAMA. 2014;312(12):1197-1198. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.10498

Optimizing Health for Persons With Multiple Chronic Conditions

Anand K. Parekh, MD, MPH; Richard Kronick, PhD; Marilyn Tavenner, RN, MHA

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JAMA. 2014;312(12):1199-1200. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.10181

A Piece of My Mind

Code Green

Caroline Wellbery, MD, PhD

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JAMA. 2014;312(12):1201-1202. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.5242

Editorial

Personalized Genomic Medicine and Prenatal Genetic Testing

Siobhan M. Dolan, MD, MPH

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JAMA. 2014;312(12):1203-1205. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.12205

Implementing Lung Cancer Screening Under Medicare: The Last Chance to Get It Right?

Harold C. Sox, MD

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JAMA. 2014;312(12):1206-1207. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.12921

Introducing JAMA Clinical Guidelines Synopsis

Adam S. Cifu, MD; Andrew M. Davis, MD, MPH; Edward H. Livingston, MD

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JAMA. 2014;312(12):1208-1209. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.12712

Review

Electronic Medication Packaging Devices and Medication Adherence: A Systematic Review

Kyle D. Checchi, MSc; Krista F. Huybrechts, MS, PhD; Jerry Avorn, MD; et al.

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JAMA. 2014;312(12):1237-1247. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.10059

This systematic review describes common features of electronic medication packaging devices and assesses whether these devices are associated with improved medication adherence.

JAMA Clinical Guidelines Synopsis

Lung Cancer Screening

Andrew M. Davis, MD, MPH; Adam S. Cifu, MD

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JAMA. 2014;312(12):1248-1249. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.12272

Editorial
Introducing JAMA Clinical Guidelines Synopsis
Adam S. Cifu, MD; Andrew M. Davis, MD, MPH; Edward H. Livingston, MD

JAMA
Implementing Lung Cancer Screening Under Medicare: The Last Chance to Get It Right?
Harold C. Sox, MD

JAMA

JAMA Clinical Challenge

Nasal Erythema and Crusting After a Trip to the Venezuelan Rainforest

Christopher P. Downing, MD; Laila Woc-Colburn, MD; Stephen K. Tyring, MD, PhD

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JAMA. 2014;312(12):1250-1251. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.3610

Medical News & Perspectives

Progress in Treating Cystic Fibrosis Means That Many Patients May Now Reach Midlife and Beyond

Bridget M. Kuehn, MSJ

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JAMA. 2014;312(12):1182-1183. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.12285

News From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Preventive Care Linked With Income, Health Insurance Status

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JAMA. 2014;312(12):1186. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.11466

More Fruit, Less Fruit Juice

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JAMA. 2014;312(12):1186. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.11472

Clinical Trials Update

Overweight Preschoolers Headed for Cardiometabolic Problems

Anita Slomski

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JAMA. 2014;312(12):1184. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.12511

Exercise May Extend Life in Patients With High Serum Uric Acid

Anita Slomski

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JAMA. 2014;312(12):1184. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.12704

Digoxin Linked to Higher Mortality in Some Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

Anita Slomski

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JAMA. 2014;312(12):1184. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.13081

Suicide Runs in Families With ADHD

Anita Slomski

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JAMA. 2014;312(12):1184. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.13083

Health Agencies Update

FDA Warning: Phony Ebola Treatments Being Sold Online

Bridget M. Kuehn, MSJ

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JAMA. 2014;312(12):1185. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.12448

AHRQ: Little Evidence for Opioids in Managing Long-term Chronic Pain

Bridget M. Kuehn, MSJ

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JAMA. 2014;312(12):1185. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.12752

NIH Outlines Needs for Ongoing Care of Longer-Living Patients With HIV

Bridget M. Kuehn, MSJ

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JAMA. 2014;312(12):1185. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.12754

DEA Tightens Restrictions on Hydrocodone Combination Products

Bridget M. Kuehn, MSJ

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JAMA. 2014;312(12):1185. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.12756

news@JAMA

From JAMA鈥檚 Daily News Site

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JAMA. 2014;312(12):1183. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.12705

The Art of JAMA

Pavilion Street, Mount Adams: Frances Farrand Dodge

Jeanette M. Smith, MD

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JAMA. 2014;312(12):1180-1181. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.279741

Poetry and Medicine

Vladimir and Anita

Jack Coulehan, MD

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JAMA. 2014;312(12):1260. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.5085

JAMA Revisited

A Physician鈥檚 Personal Hobbies and Prescriptions

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JAMA. 2014;312(12):1261. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.279706

Editorial Notes

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JAMA. 2014;312(12):1261. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.279608

Comment & Response

PET Screening for Metastatic Colorectal Adenocarcinoma

Ching-yee Oliver Wong, MD, PhD; Prashant Jolepalem, MD

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JAMA. 2014;312(12):1255-1256. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.9844

PET Screening for Metastatic Colorectal Adenocarcinoma

Michael S. Hofman, MBBS, FRACP; Robert E. Ware, MBBS, FCP; Benjamin N. Thomson, MBBS, FRACS

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JAMA. 2014;312(12):1255-1256. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.9850

PET Screening for Metastatic Colorectal Adenocarcinoma鈥擱eply

Carol-Anne Moulton, MB, BS; Karen Gulenchyn, MD; Mark N. Levine, MD

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JAMA. 2014;312(12):1256-1257. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.9853

Physical Therapy and Hip Osteoarthritis

Douglas M. White, DPT; Michael T. Cibulka, DPT; Judith Woehrle, PhD

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JAMA. 2014;312(12):1257. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.9823

Physical Therapy and Hip Osteoarthritis鈥擱eply

Kim Bennell, PhD; J. Haxby Abbott, PhD

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JAMA. 2014;312(12):1257-1258. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.9826

Euthanasia for Minors in Belgium

Kenneth Chambaere, PhD; Marc Roelands, PhD; Luc Deliens, PhD

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JAMA. 2014;312(12):1258-1259. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.9873

Euthanasia for Minors in Belgium

Judith A. C. Rietjens, PhD; Lenzo Robijn, Msc; Agnes van der Heide, PhD

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JAMA. 2014;312(12):1258-1259. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.9876

Euthanasia for Minors in Belgium鈥擱eply

Andrew M. Siegel, MD; Dominic A. Sisti, PhD; Arthur L. Caplan, PhD

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JAMA. 2014;312(12):1259. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.9885

Correction

Missing Author Contributions Statement

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JAMA. 2014;312(12):1259. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.11343

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